Ecuador vs El Salvador: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Ecuador
0.0009 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador
0.0021 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Ecuador rank
56th
El Salvador rank
54th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.0021 ha per square kilometre against 0.0009 ha per square kilometre in Ecuador, a difference of 0.0012 ha per square kilometre.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 2.4 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 56th and El Salvador ranks 54th of 185 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 0.0126 ha per square kilometre | 0.012 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.0006 ha per square kilometre | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 0.0431 ha per square kilometre | 0.0419 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 0.0101 ha per square kilometre | 0.0096 ha per square kilometre | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre, Ecuador or El Salvador?
- El Salvador, at 0.0021 ha per square kilometre against 0.0009 ha per square kilometre in Ecuador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Ecuador and El Salvador?
- 0.0012 ha per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and El Salvador?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and El Salvador rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Ecuador ranks 56th and El Salvador ranks 54th of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.